PACKAGING, CONVERTING AND INTERNATIONALIZATION:
THE WINNING SOLUTION TO FACE THE GLOBAL MARKET

Marco Calcagni, Sales Manager of
Omet, who was appointed
President of Acimga in June 2013,
will be leading for two years the
Printing and Converting Machine
Manufacturers Association

T

he figures collected by Istat and
presented by the Research Office
of Acimga highlight that the Italian industry of graphics, paper making
and converting machines continues to be
strong with an increase by +4% in the first
quarter of 2013.
In 2012 the sector had shown the first
signs of recovery by reaching again the
levels which had been achieved before the

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crisis. Compared to 2011, the turnover had
grown by 9.1% reaching 2 billions € and exports had increased by 11% reaching 82.7%
of the total turnover.
The only exception had been represented by
a decline in sales in Italy caused by the continued weakness of the domestic demand.
In this background, the sector of press and
converting machine manufacturing covers 10% of the European production and
7% of the worldwide trade, whereas the 40
member companies of Acimga represent
60% of the industrial turnover and 70% of
the export turnover.
Marco Calcagni, the new President of
Acimga and Sales Manager of Omet, a
leader company in presses for any packaging materials as well as in the in-line
production of tissue articles, is explaining

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the projects and goals related to his new
appointment.
Why should a company join Acimga?
“Acimga is a point of reference for the Italian manufacturers of printing, converting
and packaging technologies.
The progressive increase of the converting
and packaging areas to the detriment of
graphics has been leading the Association to
reorganize their goals and, at present, they
are engaged to build up a strong network capable of facing foreign markets successfully.
We are establishing partnerships with many
national and international associations of
the sector that are complementary and synergic to ours in order to aim together at the
same goal: being the first to cope with the
needs of the new international markets”.